Holding device for collar studs



Sept. 15, 1936. F. HUBNER NEE HILDEBRANDT 2,054,379

I HOLDING DEVICE FOR COLLAR STUDS Filed Aug. 28, 1954 Jnrenfor:

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Patented Sept. 15, 1936 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Frieda Hiibner ne Hildebrandt, Hamburg, Germany Application August 28, 1934, Serial No. 741,834 In Germany September 9, 1933 1 Claim.

The known method for securing collar studs by means of button-holes provided in the neck band of the shirt very often causes annoyance because the collar stud drops out of the button hole and 5 becomes lost, the button hole easily tears, and, in the case of a too large button hole, it does not reliably hold the stud. The invention overcomes these objections by means of a novel'holding device for the collar stud, so that the button hole needs no longer hold the collar stud and the collar stud cannot possibly drop off the neck band.

In order to attain this object a thin, preferably rectangular or similarly shaped plate is, according to the invention, arranged on the shank of the collar stud and provided with a fixing device for detachably securing on the outer side of the neck band of the shirt. By means of this thin plate and its fixing device on the outer side of the neck band the collar stud cannot bear directly against the larynx and the pressure on the socalled Adam's apple which is often found very troublesome is entirely avoided.

The thin collar stud plate may be made so that it can be detachably slipped and secured on a second plate which remains fixed on the neck band of the shirt. For this purpose the collar stud plate may have clip-like bent over portions at its edges, by means of which it can be slipped on to the connecting plate, which is fixed on the neck band and in this instance is absolutely fiat. As this connecting plate is very thin and has no irregularities it cannot be in the way when the shirt is washed, mangled or ironed and may consequently always remain on the shirt.

One embodiment of the invention is illustrated by way of example in the accompanying drawing in which:

Fig. 1 shows the connecting plate secured on the neck band of a shirt.

Fig. 2 is an end view of a collar stud with carrier plate in cross section.

Fig. 3 is a side view of the collar stud with carrier plate in longitudinal section.

Fig. 4. shows in side elevation partly in longitudinal section the collar stud with the carrier plate slipped on to the connecting plate.

Fig. 5 shows in front elevation the holding device with the carrier plate slipped half on to the connecting plate secured on a shirt.

A shank a of a collar stud provided with a known pivotally mounted head b: is secured on a thin plate 0 by riveting, soldering or in some other suitable manner. The plate 0 may be made of sheet metal, pressed composition, or other suitable material and is preferably of rectangular shape because this shape offers a relatively large surface which only exerts a slight specific pressure on the neck but at the same time easily conforms to the shape of the neck band 11 of the shirt. 5

According to Figs. 2 to 5 the collar stud plate 0 has clipor U-shaped bent over portions h on its two longitudinal edges, by means of which the plate 0 can be slipped over a second plate 1' which can remain attached, for example by sewing by means of a thread 1, to the neck band d of the shirt. As the bent over portions are arranged on the collar stud plate 0 the connecting plate 12 sewn on the neck band 01; may be absolutely fiat so that it is not in the way when washing, wringing and ironing the shirt. The holes Z in this plate 1 and the stitches I must only be arranged so that the bent over portions h of the plate a can slip freely over the plate 1'. The plate 0 is prevented from slipping too far over the plate i by a bent over edge h, the right transverse edge, in and against which the right edge of the plate 12 bears. An accidental slipping back of the plate 0 can, if necessary, be prevented by any of the numerous known arresting devices, for example by providing on the left end of the plate 0 one or more resilient tongues k which snap over the end of the plate 11. An arresting device is, however, only seldom required as the collar stud plate 0 slipped over the connecting plate i mostly fits sufiiciently tightly and is prevented from moving backwards by the overlapping side of the neck band slipped over the collar stud head. The arrangement of both plates 0 and i for sliding the one on to the other may evidently be constructed in difierent shapes to that shown without departing from the scope of the invention. g designates the button hole in the opposite side of the shirt neck band 11, in which the stud a, b, c is buttoned in known manner.

I claim:-

A device for detachably securing a collar stud on the front side of a shirt neckband, comprising in combination a small fiat plate permanently fixed on the outer front side of the shirt neckband, 45 a second small fiat plate having clip-like bent over portions on two of its edges adapted to engage the edges of said first plate for sliding and holding said second plate on to said first plate and covering entirely said first plate when slipped thereon, 50 and a collar stud shank rigidly connected with said second plate and provided with a pivotally mounted head on its front end.

FRIEDA HUBNER NEE HILDEBRANDT. 

